Job 35
1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
Et Élihu reprit la parole et dit:
2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
Penses-tu que ceci soit fondé, que tu aies dit: Je suis plus juste que Dieu?
3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
Car tu as demandé quel profit tu en as: Quel avantage en ai-je de plus que si j’avais péché?
4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
Je te répliquerai, moi, par des paroles, et à tes amis avec toi:
5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
Regarde les cieux et vois, et contemple les nuées: elles sont plus hautes que toi.
6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
Si tu pèches, quel tort lui causes-tu? et si tes transgressions se multiplient, que lui as-tu fait?
7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
Si tu es juste, que lui donnes-tu, ou que reçoit-il de ta main?
8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
Pour un homme comme toi ta méchanceté [peut être quelque chose], et pour un fils d’homme, ta justice.
9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
On crie à cause de la multitude des oppressions, et on appelle au secours à cause du bras des grands;
10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
Et on ne dit pas: Où est Dieu, mon créateur, qui donne des chants de joie dans la nuit,
11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
Qui nous rend plus instruits que les bêtes de la terre, et plus sages que les oiseaux des cieux?
12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
Alors on crie, et il ne répond pas, à cause de l’orgueil des méchants.
13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
Certainement ce qui est vanité Dieu ne l’écoute pas, et le Tout-puissant ne le regarde pas.
14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
Quoique tu dises que tu ne le vois pas, le jugement est devant lui; attends-le donc.
15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
Et maintenant, si sa colère n’a pas encore visité, [Job] ne connaît-il pas [sa] grande arrogance?
16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.
Et Job ouvre sa bouche vainement; il entasse des paroles sans science.
